Uruzgan Province: In Char Chino District, reports that a medivac helicopter was shot down by Mujahideen. Reports say it was on fire and exploded when it hit the ground.
Helmand Province: A female police Lieutenant was assassinated in Lashkar Gah. Five people have been arrested. There are reports that four people were killed by a U.S.-NATO drone strike.
Maidan Wardak Province: In Jaghatu District six people killed by U.S.-NATO airstrike. Another person killed in another district by U.S.-NATO drone strike. Turkish news media reporting Afghan government led night time Israeli style home invasions resulted in a major battle with Mujahideen. It happened in Maidan Shahr town. Dozens of people killed. Government officials say two of those killed were from Pakistan.
Samangan Province: A coal mine collapse killed 27 people and injured 20. At last report at least 40 people are trapped. Reports say an electrical short caused and explosion in the mine. Most mining operations in Afghanistan are run by foreign companies.
Kunar Province: Local government officials claim Pakistan fired more than 40 artillery rockets into Afghanistan. No casualties reported, but homes were damaged. In Darah District, Mujahideen report they ambushed an Afghan government military convoy. 40 government troops killed, 25 wounded. Five Mujahideen killed.
Nimroz Province: In Delaram District, a bus full of people drove over a land mine. 15 people killed, at least 25 wounded.
Kabul Province: National Directorate of Security (NDS, equivalent of the U.S. Homeland Security Department) forces tried to brake up a planned suicide bombing, but firefights erupted and one bomber blew himself up. Two Mujahideen shot and killed.
Faryab Province: Chinese news media reporting that Israeli style night time home invasions by Afghan government forces resulted in battles with Mujahideen. At least 14 people killed.
Zabul Province: In Shahjoi District, government forces conducted an Israeli style home invasion. Two people kidnapped. Villagers say they later found the bodies of the two kidnap victims “brutally martyred”.
Balkh Province: In Chahar Bolak District, an Israeli style home invasion resulted in the kidnapping of a religious scholar.
Ghor Province: Teyura District, Afghan government forces rampaged after Mujahideen successfully ambushed them. The Afghan government troops ransacked a bazaar and then killed two people because their ethnicity is the same as that of the majority of people who make up the local Mujahideen.
Farah Province: More than 200 prisoners are on hunger strike. Prisoners claim they’ve been detained for bogus reasons, and most have been in prison for at least six months without being charged with a crime!
Iran has restated it will help Afghanistan fight illegal drug trafficking: “We are ready to make our utmost efforts to transfer our experiences to countries like Afghanistan.”-General Ali Moayyedi, Iranian national police
The U.S. state of Indiana is deploying its Army National Guard to Afghanistan. About 130 members of the the 1638th Transportation Company are on their way.
The U.S. state of Montana saw the return of their Army National Guard soldiers. 69 soldiers of the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returned from nine months at Kandahar airbase. Montana Army National Guard still has 145 soldiers in Kuwait.
The government of Afghanistan has approved an official trade logo for products made in their country. It says “Afghanistan Amazingly Real”. Yeah, when you could lose your life at any moment that makes life very ‘real’.
President Hamid Karzai has restated that he will not rush into a new military pact with the United States, despite haranguing by the Obama regime.
The Australian Defence Forces (ADF) minister says their Special Forces Diggers will stay in Afghanistan after the supposed 2014 NATO pullout. It depends on what happens with the new Afghan-U.S. military pact that the Obama regime is pushing for. The minister also revealed that Australia will be building up their military: “I undertake to the men and women of the ADF that the Abbott government will rebuild defence, to ensure it is properly resourced, equipped and managed”-David Johnston
According to reports out of Australia, despite claims of extreme discrimination against women in Afghanistan, the parliament of Afghanistan has more women than in the ‘democratic’ Australian parliament, and Afghanistan has more women in parliament than the parliament of United Kingdom! I suspect the same can be said for the U.S. Congress.
U.S. home improvement retailer, Ace Hardware, feels the situation in Afghanistan is better than the crashing economy in the United States. In 2014 Ace Hardware will open their first Afghan store in Mazar-e Sharif. But wait, here’s the real reason; Ace Hardware is taking advantage of the ongoing U.S. contractor corruption. U.S. taxpayer funded contractors are the primary target of Ace Hardware!
A New York based U.S. Army weapons maker revealed that U.S. tax dollars are paying for weapons for the Afghan government. Watervliet Arsenal recently supplied the Afghan government with 918 60mm mortars at a cost to taxpayers of $6 million USD!